Welcome to Russian History Retold, episode 253 from Russia to the Soviet Union, a transition

part 2.

Last time, we covered the days leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the life

of the country's ordinary people.

Today we will discuss the Bolsheviks' changes that would fundamentally shatter how Russians

lived.

World War I is taking the lives of thousands of Russian men every week.

It would total between 1.7 and 2.2 million deaths when the Russians pulled out of the conflict.

On top of that, between 3.7 and 5 million men would be wounded.

The people of Russia were furious with the Tsar, but this was not the cause of Nicholas

II abdicating the throne.

It was bread and women.

It was also the Tsar making a crucial mistake on February 25th, 1917.

The war was causing shortages of food, especially bread.

The women of the capital in Petrograd were searching for bread wherever they could, little

could be found.

The rumor mill blamed Jews and Germans for the lack of food.

However, it was not the Germans who they were fighting that was to blame.

It was the generals and the German Romanovs.

As many of you know, Nicholas was 97% German and his wife, Alexandra, was 100%.

Over 100,000 women would begin marching down the main street in Petrograd, the Niewski

Prospect.

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